WAParking

Compliance Atlas · Telangana

Car parking norms in Hyderabad

Governing regulation

Telangana Building Rules 2012 (adopted from AP Building Rules 2012, G.O.Ms.No.168)

Rule 12 — Parking requirements (percentage of built-up area), GHMC column

Sanctioning authority

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) / HMDA

Mechanical parking

Permitted with conditions

See conditions ↓

Verification

07 Oct 2026

8 rows verified

Requirement

How much parking is required

Rule 12 — Parking requirements (percentage of built-up area), GHMC column

Applies to Requirement Two-wheelers Visitor Mechanical Clause · verified
Residential
Residential apartment complexes 30% of total built-up area as parking — — Permitted Building Rules 2012 (G.O.Ms.No.168), Rule 13, Table-V, GHMC column
✓ Oct 2026
Hospital
Hospitals 30% of total built-up area as parking — — Permitted Building Rules 2012 (G.O.Ms.No.168), Rule 13, Table-V, GHMC column
✓ Oct 2026
Institutional / educational
Institutional buildings, schools, colleges, other educational buildings 30% of total built-up area as parking — — Permitted Building Rules 2012 (G.O.Ms.No.168), Rule 13, Table-V, GHMC column
✓ Oct 2026
Industrial / godowns
Industrial buildings, godowns and others (any use not listed) 30% of total built-up area as parking — — Permitted Building Rules 2012 (G.O.Ms.No.168), Rule 13, Table-V, GHMC column
✓ Oct 2026
Commercial / business
Hotels, restaurants, lodges, cinemas, business and commercial buildings, offices

Same row also covers kalyana mandapams and high-rise buildings of non-residential category.

40% of total built-up area as parking — — Permitted Building Rules 2012 (G.O.Ms.No.168), Rule 13, Table-V, GHMC column
✓ Oct 2026
Shopping malls
Shopping malls above 4,000 sqm 60% of total built-up area as parking — — Permitted Building Rules 2012 (G.O.Ms.No.168), Rule 13, Table-V, GHMC column
✓ Oct 2026
IT / ITES complexes
IT enabled services complexes 60% of total built-up area as parking — — Permitted Building Rules 2012 (G.O.Ms.No.168), Rule 13, Table-V, GHMC column
✓ Oct 2026
Multiplexes
All 60% of total built-up area as parking — — Permitted Building Rules 2012 (G.O.Ms.No.168), Rule 13, Table-V, GHMC column
✓ Oct 2026

Mechanical parking

Permitted with conditions in Hyderabad

What the regulation says

Building Rules 2012 express the requirement as a percentage of total built-up area (Rule 13, Table-V). Rule 13(b)(vi): where mechanical systems and car lifts enabling two-tier parking are proposed, the required parking is computed accordingly. Access to parking may be through mechanical lifts instead of ramps (Rule 13(c)).

Conditions to design around

• The requirement is an AREA: GHMC column — residential 30%, commercial/business/hotels 40%, malls (> 4,000 sqm) and IT/ITES complexes 60%, multiplexes 60% of total built-up area. • Mechanical systems must demonstrate equivalent capacity; the area-per-car equivalence is agreed with GHMC at scrutiny — get it in writing. • Fire NOC for buildings above 15 m; parking floors inside the fire-tender path are not permitted. • Visitor parking is included within the percentage (HMDA guidance cites 22% incl. visitors for certain layouts).

Dimensions

Bay sizes and geometry

Bay type Width Length Note
Bay sizes in verification.

Driveways, ramps and headroom

G.O.Ms.No.168 does not state a car bay size; a 4.5 m minimum driveway applies.

Headroom and structural requirements

Follow NBC 2016 for clear heights; mechanical systems sized per the sanctioned plan.

Provisions

Loadings, relaxations and clearances

Visitor parking

Visitor parking is within the Table-V figure: at least 10% of the parking area, which may be in side or rear setbacks wider than 6 m (Rule 13(c)(xii)).

Two-wheelers and other vehicles

Not separately counted — the percentage covers all vehicles.

Relaxations and special cases

Apartment sites up to 750 sqm: requirement deemed met if the entire stilt floor is left for parking (Rule 13(c)(iv)). Cellars and multi-level parking only on plots of 750 sqm and above (Rule 13(b)). Lower percentages apply outside GHMC (Table-V has seven authority columns).

Fire clearances

Telangana Fire Services NOC above 15 m; TS Fire Service Act provisions apply to parking structures.

Change log

Amendments since verification

  1. No amendments recorded since verification.

Record verified 07 Oct 2026 by WAPARKING Team · Telangana Building Rules 2012 (adopted from AP Building Rules 2012, G.O.Ms.No.168) , G.O.Ms.No.168 MA&UD, 7 Apr 2012; Rule 13 Table-V read 07 Oct 2026 . Read the regulation ↗

Can your plot meet this norm?

Send us the plot dimensions and available headroom. We will return a yield study showing how many bays Hyderabad's requirement needs, how many the site gives conventionally, and how many it gives mechanically. Free, within seventy-two hours.

Request a free yield audit

This page is a reference, not a sanction. Parking requirements change and are applied with local discretion; cite the authority document, not this summary, and confirm the current position with the sanctioning authority before making a submission. WAParking accepts no liability for reliance on this summary.

Reading on parking in Hyderabad

Parking norms in other cities

Ahmedabad Bengaluru Chennai Delhi Gurugram Kolkata Mumbai Pune